Tuesday, 18 December 2012

A Ta Da...

Can you guess what it is yet? The colours were carefully selected by N as it will be one of his Christmas presents.

Green, brown and black...

...with a little bit of red and cream. And some buttons...

I expect it's obvious now. Sssssssssssss!

Now, where to position the eyes...

Eh, I don't think so...

Better...

But I like this way best.

Tada! One crocheted snake. I used this (free!) pattern for the head and body but with my own random stripes and a more gradual decrease in girth towards the tail. For the tongue I did something like ch15, 1 ss in 2nd ch from hook, 1 ss in next 5 ch, ch7, 1 ss in 2nd ch from hook, ss to end, turn and ss back up to beginning of fork, fasten off. For the cream part of the eyes I did ch4, join with ss, ch2, (UK)tr into ring x14, join with ss, fasten off.

Photo shoot time...

He's bigger than I expected - from the tip of his tongue to the tip of his tail he's 130cm long. Now he's been hidden till he's wrapped for the big day. I hope N likes him, he did really want one he'd seen in a shop (Ikea) but I persuaded him to let me make him one instead - I did wonder what exactly I'd committed myself to once I'd got started, but now that he's complete I'm rather pleased with him and am glad I made the effort.

If you've been paying attention you'll have noticed I made two tongues and four eyes. Why? Because once A heard N was getting a snake made she decided she'd like one too. Here are the colours she has chosen:-

I suspect if I showed this to my N, he'd immediately want one too (actually his grandfather bought him that snake from Ikea a few years ago). Instead he's getting a knitted reindeer! Your snake is great, wouldn't mind it myself ;-)

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I like taking photos. Mainly it seems I take photos of the ever-changing countryside I see on my bike rides and of crocheted things I've made. Plus lots of other random everyday stuff. Thank you for visiting! Anne.